The VALUChain Strategic Planning Process
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Unlike other strategy companies, our process not only takes an in-depth review of your business, industry and growth opportunities, but we help guide you through the implementation and monitoring stages as well.
VALUChain Process Overview:
VALUChain has developed our proprietary process for strategy planning to address any business situation. The VALUChain process provides a tool to construct, communicate and implement a strategic plan. This process has been used successfully by startup entrepreneurs; small companies to mid market to large companies; corporate divisions; brands and not for profits.
Since 1998, we have advised hundreds of CEO's and business owners helping to make them more money. It has been estimated by our customers that we have added over $250,000,000 in additional PROFIT to their companies. Not to mention the added value to the company when a sale or merger takes place.
Many of the men and women who have hired us had businesses which were already quite successful. But they felt something was wrong and they needed a fresh objective look at the problem. In many cases, we were brought in as agents of change and in some cases, the business just needed a push to achieve their goals faster. What kind of goals?
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Increased Profits
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Drive Revenue and Improve Cash Flow
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Gain a Competitive Advantage
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Increase Market Share
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Develop New Sources of Revenue
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Raise Capital
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Expand into New Categories & Markets
All of these are achievable and hiring a company like ours will help to get you their sooner. Our customers will tell you that it is easier to achieve when working with a company like ours. We have seen it all and helped fix many of the problems you will encounter so we can reduce your cycle time. If you are interested in growing your business and working with us, you can contact us by sending an email to:
customer.support@valuchain.com
or by phone at 443-472-5994
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Our 4 Step Proven Process
To begin, youll complete a detailed questionnaire and strategic look at your business. We ask you for a tremendous amount of information so that we can understand your market opportunity, understand the competition, see how you operate, and determine your business possibilities. Over the years, many CEO's have said that this process earned back their investment for them by itself. This is generally a two-week process and is information intensive.
Next, we meet, typically for two days. This meeting may be with a single entrepreneur, CEO, President or it may be with an entire leadership team. This is dependent on the goal and your decision. During that two-day meeting we analyze the issues in your business, your market, your products and services, your opportunities, your staff, your infrastructure, your finances. We consider everything thats relevant to putting your business on the fastest possible track. By the end of this meeting we create a game plan designed to help you reach your goals over the next twelve months.
Over the course of the following year, we meet, typically 2-4 times each month.
We establish a customized, one page dashboard to track the critical success factors and key performance indicators for business, and set up a goal tracking system that will keep you and your team in action and on purpose, dramatically increasing your odds of success.
If you follow our advice you will make more profit, build a strong brand and achieve your business goals.
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Phase 1
Strategic Assessment |
Phase 2
Strategy Workshop |
Phase 3
Implementation |
Phase 4
Monitoring |
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1. Agree on the process |
1. Define the organization strategic plan |
1. Determine the broad implementation timeline |
1. Monitor the progress vs. the timelines |
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2. Industry and Company assessment |
2. Develop the measurable goals, objectives, strategies and priorities |
2. Develop the action plans for the priority strategies |
2. Report the windfalls and the shortfalls |
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3. De brief of key management team |
3. Implement the strategies and tasks |
3. Adjust the plan as needed |
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4. Prepare briefing materials |
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Phase 1: Strategic Assessment
The Current State
Having a clear understanding of the current state is key to developing the foundation for success. To understand the current situation a focus on several key areas is essential.
Customers Who is the customer? What are their needs and expectations? What are their perceptions of our company?
Employees What are the organizational priorities the employees are hearing versus the messages from management? Where are the performance gaps?
Competitors Who are the key competitors? What are they providing that we are not? What are their anticipated initatives?
Industry What are the trends in the industry? Is it expanding or contracting? What are the future anticipated trends?
Company What are the recent trends of performance by product, market, channel?
Supply Chain What does the extended supply chain look like? Are we maximizing the efficiencies?
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Phase 2. Strategic Workshop
Where are we going and where do we want to be?
What is the companies Vision of the future?
What is the companies Mission? Its overall purpose?
The strategic workshop includes defining goals and objectives.
Goals The short and long term focus points that lead to the accomplishment of the mission.
Objectives Quantifiable, accountable and realistic targets that measure the progress of accomplishing
the goals over a specific period of time. Each goal has a specific set of objectives accountable by the
various operating units.
Strategies The road map to achieving the stated objectives.
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Phase 3. Implementation
Who will be accountable for achieving the objectives?
For each strategy there will be an action plan with accountability, deliverables, due dates and costs associated.
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Phase 4. Monitoring
The action plans will be summarized into resource plans that can be followed up on at weekly internal meetings to ensure progress and timelines are on course. Additionally, VALUChain is available for quarterly followup meetings to assist in the monitoring progress.
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